Prescription file



Sept. 23, 2 1,509,459

D. E. WILLIAMSON PRESCRIPTION FILE Filed April 5. 1924 Patented Sept.23, 1924.

UNITED STATES DUNCAN E. WILLIAMSON, OF SEGUIN, TEXAS.

PRESCRIPTION FILE.

Application filed April 3, 1924. Serial No. 704,012.

2 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DUNCAN E. VILLIAM- soN,a citizen of the United States, residing at Seguin, in the county ofGuadalupe and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Prescription Files, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates primarily to a filing cabinet ifor physiciansprescriptionsl and has for its object to provide such a device which isentirely enclosed and yet which is freely accessible to the druggistwhen it is desired to rpfill any particular prescription.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of such adevice which will function even though several of the cabinets arestacked in a vertical tier without the necessity of removing them fromthe stack.

A further object of the invention consists of a cabinet provided with avertically swinging door hinged in such manner as to be horizontallysupported when swung to an open position.

A further object of the invention consists in the provision of animproved file cabinet which is composed of a very few parts which areeasily and cheaply manufactured and readily assen'ibled.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings; in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet in'open position.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the file proper, partly in section.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section through a portion of thebase-board, and

Figure f is a fragmentar section through a portion of the boX.

Referring to the drawings more in detail, the numeral 1 indicatesgenerally the file cabinet or box which may be made of wood or metal asdesired and which is provided with a front opening 2 adapted to beclosed by a vertically swinging door3hinged to the base of the cabinetas indicated by the numeral 4. In the specific embodiment shown it isdesirable that the door be held in a horizontal position and to this endI have provided alug 4 which is adapted to be engaged by the door asshown in Figure 4.

.A latch 13 is provided for normally holding the door in closedposition.

The file proper comprises a base-board 5 of substantially the innerdimensions of the bottom of the boX. This board 5 is adapted to slide inand out of the box and has mounted thereon the divided loop 6 whichcomprises the legs 7 and 8 and overlapping fingers formed on the upperends thereof. For the purpose of fixedly securing the loop 6 in place onthe base-board and to maintain the legs 7 and 8 thereof in the inclinedpositions shown, the board is formed with the two inclined apertures 9and 10 and connecting channel 11. In assembling these two elements itwill be apparent that the legs 7 and 8 will be passed up through theapertures 9 and 10 respectively, until the connecting member 12 of thedivided loop is seated in the channel 11. Obviously the inclination ofthe apertures 9 and 10 will greatly assist in retaining the legs 7 and 8in their normal positions and will tend to prevent the legs frombecoming permanently sprung to the outward positions to which they arenecessarily moved when a paper is being placed on the file.

In operation, when it is desired to remove or apply a prescription onthe file, the door 3 is swung to its horizontal position in whichposition it is supported by the lug 4". The base-board 5 is then drawnout ward and supported on the door as clearly indicated in Figure 1. Thelegs 7 and 8 may now be sprung slightly apart and the paper applied orremoved as desired. It will be apparent that this construction willfunction equally well where several of the cabinets are arranged in avertical stack since movements of the door 3 and baseboard 5 in no waydisturb the top of the box.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described what I nowbelieve to be the best embodiment of the invention, but I do not wish tobe understood thereby as limiting myself or the scope of the invention,as many changes and modifications may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention; all such I aim to include in the scope of theappended claims.

Having fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A file cabinet including a box provided with a front opening, a doorfor closing said opening, a hinge for attaching said door adjacent thebottom of the opening,

' and a lug attached to the box and arranged i to support the doorhorizontally and flush with the bottom of the box when in open 1position, a base-board adapted for sliding 5 movement into and out ofsaid box, and a divided loop secured to said base-board.

2. In a file cabinet, a base-board provided with a pair of inclinedapertures and a channel connecting said apertures, a divided loopincluding two legs and a connecting member, said connecting member beingseated in the aforeuientioned channel and the legs in the inclinedapertures.

DUNCAN E. VILLIAMSON.

